Élaine Ayotte | |
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Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin | |
In office November 2009 – November 2013 | |
Preceded by | Carle Bernier-Genest |
Succeeded by | Guillaume Lavoie |
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO | |
Assumed office May 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Blackburn |
Personal details | |
Political party |
Vision Montréal (2009-2013) Independent (2013) |
Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Élaine Ayotte is a Canadian politician and diplomat. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1987. She then pursued a Master of Arts degree, also in Communications, at McGill University, which she completed in 1990. [1]
Avotte was formerly a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie from 2009 to 2013. [2] She was appointed as Canada's ambassador and permanent delegate to UNESCO on May 4, 2015. [3] [4]
She was first elected in the 2009 municipal election as a member of the Vision Montréal party, [2] defeating incumbent councillor Carle Bernier-Genest. She was appointed to the Montreal Executive Committee, with responsibility for culture, heritage and design, in November 2012. [5] However, she left that caucus to sit as an independent councillor on June 4, 2013. [2] She did not run for reelection in the 2013 municipal election. [6]
Prior to her political career, Ayotte was a television journalist for TVA and TQS. [4]
Élaine Ayotte | |
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![]() | |
Montreal City Councillor for Marie-Victorin | |
In office November 2009 – November 2013 | |
Preceded by | Carle Bernier-Genest |
Succeeded by | Guillaume Lavoie |
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO | |
Assumed office May 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Blackburn |
Personal details | |
Political party |
Vision Montréal (2009-2013) Independent (2013) |
Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Élaine Ayotte is a Canadian politician and diplomat. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1987. She then pursued a Master of Arts degree, also in Communications, at McGill University, which she completed in 1990. [1]
Avotte was formerly a Montreal City Councillor for the Marie-Victorin ward in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie from 2009 to 2013. [2] She was appointed as Canada's ambassador and permanent delegate to UNESCO on May 4, 2015. [3] [4]
She was first elected in the 2009 municipal election as a member of the Vision Montréal party, [2] defeating incumbent councillor Carle Bernier-Genest. She was appointed to the Montreal Executive Committee, with responsibility for culture, heritage and design, in November 2012. [5] However, she left that caucus to sit as an independent councillor on June 4, 2013. [2] She did not run for reelection in the 2013 municipal election. [6]
Prior to her political career, Ayotte was a television journalist for TVA and TQS. [4]